1. The Government of the Philippines has received a loan (Loan no. 8421-PH) from the World Bank towards the cost of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments for the cost of Hiring of Consultancy Services (Individual Consultant) / Technical Assistance (TA).

2. The Department of Agriculture hereinafter referred to as the “End-User” now requests you to submit Expression of Interest for the HIRING OF INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT namely:

Item no. 1
PR No. 2015-2531
Position: Rural Infrastructure Engineer
Quantity: 2 man -month
Unit Price: Php 80,000.00

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Item no. 2
PR No. 2015-2532
Position: Business Development Officer
Quantity: 1 man -month
Unit Price: Php 40,000.00

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Item no. 3
PR No. 2015-2533
Position:Website Administrator
Quantity: 1 man -month
Unit Price: Php 35,000.00

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Item no. 4
PR No. 2015-2535
Position: Project Development Associate for I-REAP Component
Quantity: 1 man -month
Unit Price: Php 25,000.00

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Item no. 5
PR No. 2015-2534
Position: Project Development Associate for Monitoring and Evaluation
Quantity: 1 man -month
Unit Price: Php 25,000.00

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3. A set of Terms of References (TOR) are provided in Attachments 1-5.

4. Bidding procedures will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the World Bank Guidelines and taking into consideration the related provisions in the Project Loan Agreement and Guidelines in the Procurement under the IBRD loans and IDA credits. The individual consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedure set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, May 2011.

5. All Expressions of Interest (EOIs) together with Curriculum Vitae, Transcript of Records and all necessary documents must be delivered in hard copies placed in a sealed enveloped marked: “HIRING OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS)” SOLICITATION NO. PRDP-RPCO-006-SIC-003-15.

6. Expressions of Interest (EOI) must be delivered at the address below not later than 5:00 p.m. of September 30, 2015.

Office of the RPCO 6 Procurement Unit Head
General Services Section
Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 6
Parola, Iloilo City

7. The PRDP-RPCO 6 reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the Selection of Individual Consultants (SIC) process or reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/bidders.